Travel Photo of the Day - January 2013

Tauseef Mustafa, AFP/Getty Images01.01.2013

A Kashmiri man guides a sleigh carrying foreign tourists in Gulmarg, about 55 km north of Srinagar. Gulmarg is the main ski destination in Indian Kashmir and hundreds of foreigners visit the slopes despite an ongoing insurgency in the region.

Tauseef Mustafa
/ AFP/Getty Images

An ash smeared Hindu Sadhu or holy man speaks with a young boy beside a tent at the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati in Allahabad ahead of The Maha Kumbh Mela. The Kumbh Mela, which is scheduled to take place in the northern Indian city in January and February 2013, is the world's largest gathering of people for a religious purpose and millions of people gather for this auspicious occasion.Sanjay Kanojia/
/ AFP/Getty Images

People enjoy the sunset at Kandawgyi Lake in Yangon in Myanmar.Ye Aung Thu
/ AFP/Getty Images

One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, the 1,580-metre (5,214-feet) high Mount Lokon, spews clouds of ash in Minahasa, on Indonesia's northern Sulawesi island. The Indonesian archipelago has dozens of active volcanoes and straddles major tectonic fault lines known as the "Ring of Fire" between the Pacific and Indian Oceans.TENGKU
/ AFP/Getty Images

A Filipino boy looks as his mother tests a paper horn in downtown Manila, Philippines. Despite a ban by authorities on certain firecrackers due to injuries and death, many Filipinos still welcome the New Year with fireworks in the belief that it will drive away evil spirits and bring in good luck.Aaron Favila
/ The Associated Press

A Filipino vendor arranges oranges at her makeshift store in downtown Manila, Philippines. Many Filipinos believe that having 12 round fruits of different kinds on the family table will bring good luck during the New Year.Aaron Favila
/ The Associated Press

An Indian policemen looks on at the India Gate Monument in New Delhi.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
/ AFP/Getty Images

Catholic devotees jostle for position as they try to touch the life-size statue of the Black Nazarene during the annual procession in honour of the centuries-old icon of Jesus Christ in Manila.TED ALJIBE
/ AFP/Getty Images

Members of the Kwazulu Natal Burundian Drummers's group perform during an African Cup of Nations (AFCON) parade marking the launch of this year's tournament, in Durban on January 9, 2013. Durban is one of the host cities of the AFCON football championship, which will begin on January 19.RAJESH JANTILAL
/ AFP/Getty Images

A Japanese macaque enters an open-air hot spring bath set up at the Everland amusement and animal park in Yongin, south of Seoul, South Korea.JUNG YEON-JE
/ AFP/Getty Images

Sixty-year-old Angai Ka'angena peers out above his aboriginal Kanakanvu mountain village of Dakanua, southern Taiwan. In a race against time, a dedicated Taiwanese linguist is trying to save the historically important aboriginal dialect of Kanakanvu, spoken by only 10 people, from extinction.Wally Santana
/ AFP/Getty Images

Foreign Hindu devotees (centre L) listen to a motorcyclist for directions ahead of the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad on January 9, 2013. The Kumbh Mela, which is scheduled to take place in the northern Indian city in January and February 2013, is the world's largest gathering of people for a religious purpose and millions of people gather for this auspicious occasion.
/ AFP/Getty Images

On the Italian island of Stromboli, the Stromboli volcano spews lava. One of Europe's most active volanoes attracts up to 6.000 tourists every year.Handout photo
/ Dipartimento Protezione

Horses are seen with the landscape covered with snow in the small town of El Espinal, northern Spain.Alvaro Barrientos
/ The Associated Press

View of herons at the Jacare River in the Jacarezinho shantytown in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Vanderlei Almeida
/ AFP/Getty Images

An Indian paramilitary soldier patrols near India Gate, a landmark war memorial, surrounded by fog in New Delhi, India.Altaf Qadri
/ The Associated Press

A road cuts through paddocks covered by frost near the village of Meteren, France.Philippe Hugue
/ AFP/Getty Images

Hindu devotees pray at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, during the Maha Kumbh Mela, in Allahabad, India.Manish Swarup
/ The Associated Press

Kashmiri Muslim women pray outside the shrine of Sufi Saint Khwaja Naqashbandi in Srinagar, India. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims congregated at the shrine on the death anniversary of the saint and offered prayers in a three-day festival.Dar Yasin
/ The Associated Press

A bull tamers holds a bull by the horn during the bull-taming sport called Jallikattu, in Alanganallur, about 530 kilometers south of Chennai, India. Jallikattu is an ancient heroic sporting event of the Tamils played during the harvest festival of Pongal.Arun Sankar K.
/ The Associated Press

Tour buses and tourists are seen near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.Justin Sullivan
/ Getty Images

A woman carryies a basket on her head as she walks through Gudele market in Juba, South Sudan.Camille Lepage
/ AFP/Getty Images

Indian people stroll along the sea front in Mumbai. India is experiencing galloping urbanisation, part of a global trend that has led more than half of the world's population to reside in towns and cities.Punit Paranjpe
/ AFP/Getty Images

Snow falls on roof tops of houses in the village of Horrington in Somerset, England. Parts of the UK, including the Mendips in Somerset, were hit by more snow last night causing further disruption and leading to a number of schools to close.Matt Cardy
/ Matt Card

An Indian man relaxes at the sea front in Mumbai.Punit Paranjpe
/ AFP/Getty Images

An elderly Pakistani man, arranges bricks, part of his daily work at a brick factory on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen
/ The Associated Press

People paraglide over the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Lima, Peru. Paragliding has gained such popularity in the Peruvian capital that tourists wait in lines on weekends to fly for 150 soles, about $58, for a 10-minute flight over the sea and the buildings of the tourist district of Miraflores.Martin Mejia
/ The Associated Press

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